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Tag: Strep Throat Poem

Hello all – apologies on the lack of activity on here in the past week. Just as I started to overcome my culture shock from arriving in Australia a little over a week ago, I came down with a NASTY case of strep throat that essentially rendered me bedridden the past 6 days. If it didn’t feel so lame, I’d probably still be in bed right now (I’m not in Australia to lie around in bed all day, after all!).

Because my head was throbbing incessantly (not to mention a variety of other unpleasant physical problems), I let myself take a week off from writing and staring at a screen for extended periods at a time.

That didn’t stop me from writing something though…

I’ve found terrible, terrible moments and/or illnesses often inspire some pretty good bad poetry (the only kind of poetry I excel at).

So, I present to you…

STREP THROAT REALNESS:

Pain Oh, the pain So severe My lymph nodes Can be seen quite clear Oh, so much pain in my throat I’m really not one to gloat But my tonsils appear exemplary Compared to WebMD’s symptom image dictionary Damn you, streptococcal You make it impossible to swallow more than a spoon-full I could go on and on in prose About the fluids spilling from my nose Caused by the dis-functioning in my mouth Let’s just say I’ve been drooling more, since heading south When will I recover? Not for 6-10 days, I gather Fingers crossed the fever’s gone I don’t like tossing and turning until the break of dawn The worst part of having strep throat yet? It’s just so inconvenient…

Earl Grey Tea – my best friend for the past week

I’ll save the other really good bad poem I wrote a few years ago entitled “My Hangover” for another occasion…